Harvey and Henrietta Penguin

This is a fairly easy tutorial, and uses selections.
It assumes a working knowledge of the PSP tools/layers.

To get started, you will need Paint Shop Pro, which
you can download a 30 day trial version of Here
This tutorial was written with Version 7.02, but
I'm sure it can be done with other versions.

Download my selection files from the folder below.
I have included Harvey and Henrietta's eyes in the
selections zip file, in case you don't want to bother
making them free-hand. Unzip the selections to
your PSP selections folder. If you do not have one
create one by going to your PSP folder in Program
Files, open your PSP folder and go to File?New/Folder.
Name your folder Selections.

Let's get started!

Open a new image 400x400, transparent/16million colors.
This is bigger than we need, but gives us lots of room.
Remember to save your work often.

Add a new layer and name it hat. Go to Selections/Load
from disk and load the hat.sel file. Flood fill with a
color of your choice. I used #C0FFFF Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply a cutout with these
settings:

Deselect.

Add another layer and name it hatband. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the hatband.sel file. Flood fill
with a color of your choice. I used black. Do not apply
the cutout to this layer.

Add another layer, naming it harvbody. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the harvbody1.sel file. Flood fill
with black. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect.

Add yet another layer, naming it body2. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the harvbody2.sel file. Flood fill
with white. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect.

Add another layer, naming it harvbeak. Go to Selections/
Load from disk, and load the harvbeak.sel file. Flood fill
with #EC742C. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Add another layer and repeat as above with his feet, using
the harvfeet.sel file.
Deselect.

Now open the eye.psp included in the zip file if you are
going to use it. Go to Edit/Copy and paste the eye as
a new layer. Then go to Image/Mirror and place the eye
where you want it. See my image.

Add another new layer and name it stem. Go to Selections/
Load from disk, and load the hatstem.sel file. Flood fill
with #008000. Do not apply cutout to the stem layer.
On the same layer, load the hatflower.sel file and repeat
above steps. I filled my flower with #F72939, but the
choice, again, is yours. After applying the same cutout we
have been using all along to the flower, deselect it, then
click your selection tool set on Circle/Feather 0/Antialias
checked and draw a tiny circle in the middle of your flower.
I found it easier to zoom in on the flower first. I flood
filled my middle with #FFFF80.

Our Harvey is finished, so go to Layers/Merge Visible and
turn that layer off.

Now, let's do Henrietta!

Add a new layer, naming it henribody1. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the henribody1.sel file. Flood fill
with black. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect.

Add another layer, naming it henribeak. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the henribeak.sel file. Flood fill
with #EC742C. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect.
Add another layer and repeat as above with her feet, using
the henrifeet.sel file.
Deselect.

Add another layer, naming it henribody2. Go to Selections/
Load from disk and load the henribody2.sel file. Flood fill
with White. Do not deselect.
Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect.

Make the eye.psp your active image. Go to Edit/Copy and
paste the eye as a new layer and place it where you want it.
Do not mirror the eye for Henrietta. See my image.

We're almost finished!

Add another new layer and name it bow. Load the henribow.sel
file. Flood fill it with a color of your choice. Do not
deselect. Go to Selections/Float and apply same cutout.
Deselect. I added some "detail" to my bow using the paintbrush
tool with the following settings:

Jill was one of my "testers" for this tutorial, and
when she sent me her results, she had put a nice
drop shadow on the penguins. If you wish to use
a drop shadow, use settings V-0, H-0, Opacity 52
and Blur 18. It really adds a nice effect. Thanks Jill!!

Now, merge Henrietta's layers visible, turn on your Harvey layer,
crop your image and tube it (or whatever), and you're done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions,
please Email me.

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